True Mom Confessions (see also: New Year’s Resolutions)

I drove my daughter to school today. Not because she was going in for extra help in math or for a music lesson. It was the first day after a week off and it was just easier.

Easier than trying to get her out of bed earlier.

Easier than chasing around after her to make sure she was moving fast enough.

Easier than screaming through the house as the bus drove by our house.

6:50 a.m. always comes sooner than you expect after a week off.

This is the question for this week’s True Mom Confessions: What do you do for your kids just because it’s easier? Laundry comes to mind (many of you have gotten after me for doing this for my teens. But it’s just easier.)

Or maybe — for you younger moms — it’s giving a sippy cup to your kids who really should be drinking out of a glass because, well, who wants to clean up that mess?

Turn this around and it can also be your New Year’s resolution: Stop driving my daughter to school just because it’s easier. See?